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? No Petitioner named Writ of Richard II to the sheriff of Staffordshire commanding...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/252/12551

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Reference
SC 8/252/12551
Date
1388
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Writ of Richard II to the sheriff of Staffordshire commanding him to direct a scire facias to Maureward to come before the king in Chancery on the octave of St John the Baptist to show why his letters of collation to Wolvey prebend should not be revoked, Roger de Grey having complained by petition that Maureward had expelled him from the prebend.1)
Nature of endorsement
William Chetewynd.2) It is to be caused to be known that Mawreward should come at a day and place contained in the writ to do what is required by the writ by Folfen, Rasshawe, Moore and Solyhull.3) At which day, by the assent of the parties, a day is given to the octave of Michaelmas next.
Places mentioned
Wolfney (Wolvey), [Warwickshire]
Lichfield cathedral, [Staffordshire]
Westminster.
People mentioned
Richard II, King of England
William Chetewynd (Chetwynd), sheriff of Staffordshire
Roger de Grey, son of Reginald de Grey of Ruthyn, prebendary of Wolvey in Lichfield diocese
John Maureward
Thomas Folfen
Gilbert Rasshawe
James en le Moore (Moor)
John Solyhull (Solihull).
Note
The writ dates to 1388 as it is dated in its dating clause to 26 May 11 Richard II.
Related material

For the petition with which this writ was formerly enclosed, see SC 8/252/12552

For a related writ, see SC 8/252/12554

For a related petition, see SC 8/189/9415

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.419 (summary translation, incorrectly attributed to Edward III)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440157/

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